The top of this 900 m mountain is the birthplace of Shingon esoteric...
The Nachi waterfall is the highest of all waterfalls in Japan, which is well...
Daibutsuden hall (a national treasure) houses Vairocana statue, world’s...
A lot of the world’s oldest wooden structures remain in the temple. The...
The approach to Nara’s most famous and impressive Shinto shrine takes...
This is the head temple of the Tendai Sect in the vast sacred area on Mt....
This shrine is the setting of “Inaba no shirousagi,” a Japanese...
Treasures of Kusunoki Masashige, a worrier who was enshrined in this shrine,...
Devoted to the Shinto deity of scholarship Sugawara no Michizane（the family...
The official name is Kamomioya-jinja. It is one of the oldest shrines in...
The shrine was built on this place 794 years before the capital was moved to...
Kinpusen-ji Temple is the pinnacle of Shugendo, a Shinto-Buddhist cult...
When the temple was first founded in the year 765, it had as many as 110...
Mii-dera Temple is the head temple of the Tendaijimon Buddhist sect. It is...
Saikyoji Temple was founded by Prince Shotoku and was revived by Shinsei. It...
Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine is the main shrine of the Sannou Festival, which has...
During the Heian Period, Genshin (Eshin Sozu) built a temple on top of Lake...
The main temple at Saimyoji Temple is one of the three Koto Sanzan temples of...
Kongourinji Temple is one of the three Koto Sanzan temples of the Tendai...
